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OCR iMedia - Release your Creativity
OCR’s iMedia qualification delivers a complete package for the creative interactive media market.
Appealing to students of all abilities iMedia will attract those wishing to develop existing skills as well as those looking for a stepping stone into the iMedia Industry.
Examples of skills that can be gained with iMedia:
publish with iMedia
manage & upload a website / insert layers and rich
media objects / plan & design website structure
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animate with iMedia
create a digital animation sequence / add interactivity to
an animation / optimise a digital animation for publishing
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create with iMedia
produce & edit a short video sequence / understand 3D
priniciples / create a 3D model for a particular purpose
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play with iMedia
design a digital game component / utilise sound
effects to enhance game play / design a new game
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design with iMedia
edit a digital graphic / produce, author & evaluate
multimedia content / plan & develop digital sound files
Benefits
- No formal qualifications required
- Great for creative individuals with a passion for digital media
- Progress on a unit by unit basis
- Certified recognition at every step of the way
- Relevant workplace skills
- Stay one step ahead of the competition
Having developed the curriculum in conjunction with OCR, Synergy Learning’s materials cover the courses both at Level 2 and Level 3 providing exciting, comprehensive, and extensive resources for both the teacher and the learner.
The qualification consists of the following units:
Synergy Learning provides Learning materials for the new OCR iMedia Users Certificate courses.
These courses are available at Level 2 and Level 3 and if candidates follow the Certificate or the Diploma they may have to complete the Mandatory Unit Digital Graphics at each level.
At Level 2 the resources for Digital Graphics include the Photoshop Resources as demonstrated here plus additional resources entitled:
- Types of Graphics
- Use of Digital Graphics
- Rules of Photography
- Digital Cameras
- Graphical File formats
- Transferring files to computer
At Level 3 the resources for Digital Graphics include the Photoshop Resources as demonstrated here plus additional resources entitled:
- Digital Scanner
- Transferring to computer
- Digital Cameras
- Transferring to computer
- Other sources of digital graphics
Synergy Learning provides Learning materials for the new OCR iMedia Users Certificate courses.
These courses are available at Level 2 and Level 3 and if candidates follow the Certificate or the Diploma they may have to complete the optional unit Web Authoring at level 2 and at level 3
At Level 2 the resources for Web Authoring include the Dreamweaver Resources as demonstrated here.
At Level 3 the resources for Web Authoring include the Dreamweaver Resources as demonstrated here.
Synergy Learning provides Learning materials for the new OCR iMedia Users Certificate courses.
These courses are available at Level 2 and Level 3 and if candidates follow the Certificate or the Diploma they may have to complete the optional unit Digital Animation at level 2 and at level 3.
At Level 2 the resources for Digital Animation include the Flash Resources as demonstrated here.
At Level 3 the resources for Digital Animation include the Flash Resources as demonstrated here.
Synergy Learning provides Learning materials for the new OCR iMedia Users Certificate courses.
These courses are available at Level 2 and Level 3 and if candidates follow the Certificate or the Diploma they may have to complete the Multimedia Concepts/Multimedia Design units at each level.
At Level 2 the resources for Interactive Multimedia Concepts include the Director resources as demonstrated here plus additional resources entitled:
- Computer Hardware
- Networks
- Platforms
- Hardware requirements
- Peripheral devices
- Sources of multimedia applications
- Mobile technology
- Main Multimedia elements
- Reasons for multimedia
- Limitations of multimedia
- How to create multimedia assets
- Good practice
At Level 3 the resources for Interactive Multimedia Design include the Director Resources as demonstrated here plus additional resources entitled:
- Key multimedia principles
- Limitations
- How to find resources
- Legal and ethical.
Synergy Learning provides Learning materials for the new OCR iMedia Users Certificate courses.
These courses are available at Level 2 and Level 3 and if candidates follow the Certificate or the Diploma they may have to complete the Digital Sound Units at each level
At Level 2 the resources for Digital Sound include the Digital Sound resources as demonstrated here plus additional resources entitled:
- The Technology used with sound
- Capturing sound and creating digital sound
At Level 3 the resources for Digital Sound Editing include the Digital Sound Resources as demonstrated here plus additional resources entitled:
- Separate appropriate hardware
Synergy Learning provides Learning materials for the new OCR iMedia Users Certificate courses.
These courses are available at Level 2 and Level 3 and if candidates follow the Certificate or the Diploma they may have to complete the Digital Video Units at each level
At Level 2 the resources for Digital Video include the Digital Video resources as demonstrated here plus additional resources entitled:
- Introduction to Digital Video
- Using a digital camera to obtain digital video footage
- Use a computer to store Digital Video
At Level 3 the resources for Digital Video include the Digital Video resources as demonstrated here plus additional resources entitled:
- Introduction to Digital Video
Synergy Learning provides Learning materials for the new OCR iMedia Users Certificate courses.
If candidates follow the Certificate or the Diploma at level 3 they will have to complete the 3D Modelling course.
At Level 3 the resources for 3D Modelling include the 3D Modelling Resources as demonstrated here plus additional resources entitled:
- Hardware requirements
Synergy Learning provides Learning materials for the new OCR iMedia Users Certificate courses.
These courses are available at Level 2 and Level 3 and if candidates follow the Certificate or the Diploma they may have to complete the a Games Engines unit at each level.
At Level 2 the resources for Games Engines include the Games Engines Resources as demonstrated here.
At Level 3 the resources for Games Engines include the Games Engines Resources as demonstrated here.
Synergy Learning provides Learning materials for the new OCR iMedia Users Certificate courses.
These courses are available at Level 2 and Level 3 and if candidates follow the Certificate or the Diploma they may have to complete the Games Design at that level.
At Level 2 the resources for Games Design include the Games Design as demonstrated here plus additional resources entitled:
- Hardware required for an interactive game
- Design a game component
At Level 3 the resources for Games Design include the Games Design Resources as demonstrated here plus additional resources entitled:
- Hardware required for an interactive game










